ANN ARBOR -- Coinciding with Thursday's release of the 2014-15 conference schedule, the Big Ten also released the bracket for the newly formated Big Ten tournament.

This year's tournament will run from Wednesday, March 11 to Sunday, March 15 at the United Center in Chicago.

With the Big Ten moving from 12 to 14 teams for the first time with the addition of Maryland and Rutgers, the tournament will now be five days instead of four. The start is moving to Wednesday with the lowest-seeded teams (No. 12 vs. No. 13 and No. 11 vs. No. 14.) meeting to advance to Thursday.

Michigan was the top seed in the 2014 Big Ten tournament championship game and reached the title game after wins over Illinois and Ohio State. Michigan State knocked off the Wolverines, 69-55, to take the crown.

U-M has not won the Big Ten tournament championship since 1998, the tournament's inaugural season.

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